We are trying to build up life, Lady Hun...
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Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Late Teen, Young Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 2
Time & Place
England, 1890s
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
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We are trying to build up life, Lady Hunstanton, on a better, truer, purer basis than life rests on here. This sounds strange to you all, no doubt. How could it sound other than strange? You rich people in England, you don’t know how you are
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